Love by the Book

<p><strong>A reluctant matchmaker. A charmingly grumpy academic. And a love story written in the margins.</strong></p><p>Starting a matchmaking service seemed like a great idea at the time. After a messy breakup romance and I? We're not exactly on speaking terms. But with a knack for reading people's energy (and their questionable dating patterns) helping <em>other</em> people find their happily ever after felt like a safe bet.</p><p>Then Eli Lancaster walks into the library.</p><p>He's a rare book curator professor-level broody and-unfortunately-my very first matchmaking client. We're supposed to be strictly business: I find him someone lovely and we both move on. Easy.</p><p>Except nothing about Eli is easy. His hazel eyes? Distracting. His dry sense of humor? Weirdly charming. And the way he looks at me-like he sees every messy magical part of me and <em>still</em> wants to stay? Dangerous.</p><p>I can't fall for him. That would be a terrible idea. A glitter-covered train wreck of emotions.</p><p>I swore off dating for good reasons. But in Magnolia Cove where the magic runs deep and nothing ever goes quite according to plan... rules tend to get rewritten.</p>